Blur pull out of the 2014 Big Day Out

In news set to devastate many, Blur, one of the "three white whales" headliners of the 2014 Big Day Out, have taken to their Facebook page to announce that they've pulled out of their shows for the summer festival. Organisational problems seem to be the cause. A lack of Blur sideshows could also have something to do with the cancellation.

There has been no word on refunds at this early stage.

Big Day Out CEO, Adam Zammit has taken to Twitter, saying that a replacement act will be announced "very soon".

Blur's Facebook statement:"Devastated to report that Blur won't be performing at BDO in 2014. It’s a shock that it has come to this. Only 8 weeks to go, the band feels that with the constantly shifting goalposts and challenging conditions of the organisers, they can't let it drag on any longer and want to make this announcement, to be clear to Blur fans that they won't be there. We've done our very best to work with the organisers and considered every option to make it happen, but they’ve let us down and let everyone else down too."